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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As far as athletics at a W school, I am often in sticker shock as to what parents are expected to pay so our child can participate on a team and the range of expense per sport. Cheer was about $500 with uniforms, bows, shoes, etc. Football was $350 but that included pregame meals but didn’t include equipment costs that were an additional $200. Banquet tickets were always extra and were usually $100 per parent.

We do have a small portion of section 8 families in our school, so I often wonder if they feel discouraged to participate because of the high cost to participate.[/quote]

My DC was in the selective All-County Chorus. Students were instructed to wear their choral "uniforms" from their home school. I have to admit - I was impressed that the male Whitman singers wore tails! I don't begrudge them this, but I am sure that they are expensive and not economically accessible to students from many other MCPS schools. I loved hearing our students sing together, however.[/quote]

In the choral arts, I did notice a difference in the choral arts. I believe that Whitman has 5 different choral groups. My DCC school has 2, with one of them really struggling to find members (despite having an excellent teacher). My belief is that a 'W' school simply has more families who value the arts/ make time for the arts/ can afford private instruction in the arts (at least, choral arts). Whitman even has a scholarship fund for its singers who can't afford private voice lessons.

Here is the link to the Whitman Tux with Tails:  https://www.uniformalwearhouse.com/mens_comfort_poly_tailcoat_package[/quote]

I suspect this too as the majority of the students our child goes to orchestra with are from W schools and its a huge financial and time commitment between the required weekly private lessons and orchestra.  No idea how much we really spend but its probably thousands.[/quote]

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